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                  Göran Eriksson has left Fidonet.
                  by Stefan Andersson,  2:203/216.

To us who knew him a little closer it was expected, he has been
fighting his illness for a couple of years now.

He was down to Gothenburg shortly after he had got the diagnosis and
came by to see me among others, he was a big fan of jazz music and we
have a pretty good jazz club here so that was the real reason for
coming down. While sitting and chatting about all and nothing he said
that if I promised not to tell anyone he would tell me something
special, and then he told me. The doctors gave him about six months
left to live due to the diagnose he got. Not much one can say when
someone tells you something like that...

We first got to know each other through Fidonet, I was a tiny hub
under the big, bad Björn and he was NC201 if I recall correct. We came
to discuss echomail and how costly it was to get international mail to
Sweden. This was back in the old days when we had a monopoly on phone
traffic in Sweden and different taxes depending on distance. Local
calls was not to high, regional was high enough to make people skip
certain echoes in order to reduce time. International calls where very
high, approximately one dollar/minute to the states.

My BBS was devoted to the compiler Clipper and my users was a user
group in Sweden, so I wanted the international echo regarding Clipper.
Back then it was a pretty big echo and I was the only one wanting
it... To solve my problem, and a couple of other people's at the same
time, we started a cost sharing group called FSED that imported the
echoes directly from Northern Star (if memory suits me). Of course, we
had cleared it with our REC first. After a while we switched to B.
Bodger who called us and delivered the post, the call from the US was
cheaper than us calling them.

This went on for a while, Göran took over the import from me since
Clipper was dying and the user group was shrinking fast. I left
Fidonet but kept the contact with Göran even if it was more sporadic.
He moved up to the north of Sweden and it was longer times between his
visit down here. When he became RC I really don't know, we didn't talk
so much about Fidonet during this time.

I did however once ask him why he had named his BBS GET, that's
Swedish for goat. Göran was a very private person, never spoke about
himself so I actually didn't expected an explanation. But at that time
he told me it stood for Göran Eriksson, Töreboda, he just took the
initials. That was the first time I got to know where he was born.
Töreboda is a very small place in the centre of southern Sweden. He
left it during his study and stayed in Stockholm after exam. He was
down there on Christmas and such holidays, but never moved back.

My thoughts goes to his family in Töreboda, it's a great loss for them
and we who got to know him a little more will surely miss him. I dare
to say it's a loss for Fidonet as well.

I will leave Fidonet now.

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                         Again ...
                By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854

Again the Fidonet community is hit by a loss. Barely have we dealt
with the passing of Bob Satti and bad news once more is on the
horizon.

We mourn the passing of Göran Eriksson, the former RC20, distinguished
FTSC-member, sysop and friend.

Göran was some kind of a special fellah. He didn't speak well and at
times had to fight to make the words come out, but he possessed a mind
of an exceptional brilliance.

As far as I know he has always been there, I cannot remember Fidonet
without him being active in it.

We met twice ... July 2nd 1995 during the Eurocon-meeting in the
Netherlands. It was my first (and only) Eurocon as a ZC. Göran took
the floor and people shut-up to listen to what he had to say. He
raised issues, expressed concerns and knew no way around problems. To
him the shortest distance between two points was a straight line.

He was like this in Fidonet and he also practiced it in his personal
life.

When the tumor which was ravaging his beautiful brain grew out of
control, on very short notice he moved from the place where he was
living to a nursing home where he could get proper care. One of the
only things he took with him was his computer. Within no time at all
he set-up an IP-connection and ran his system there from his room.
During the Christmas holidays he sent us a photo of himself there
which I'm asking the Fidonews-editor to include in the archive of this
edition.

His new situation also meant that Göran could no longer perform as
RC20 so his duties were transfered to another person.

I was fortunate to meet Göran a second time ... Feb.27th 2002. There
was a business-meeting which I was attending in Lulea (Sweden) where
he also lived and we spent a couple of hours in a local drinking
establishment. Sweet memories of a great person.

Göran refused other people to take-over his life so when he was
diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, he consciously rejected
chemotherapy or radiation-treatment. It was his wish to ride the waves
his way and so he met his end ... his way. What else can I say about
that?

Göran was a dedicated Fidonet sysop until the last day of his life ...
his system polled my system every hour and yesterday at 11:38:13 our
connection turned mute. I made nothing of it then ... now I know
someone must have switched it off.

- 28 Jun 11:38:11 [63975] incoming from c-1ad0e255.86-5-64736c12.
         cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (85.226.208.26)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] session with c-1ad0e255.86-5-64736c12.
         cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (85.226.208.26)
- 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] SYS GET, get.tzo.net
- 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] ZYZ Goran Eriksson
- 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] LOC Lidingo, Sweden
- 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] NDL CM,IBN,IFC,ITN,IVM
- 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] TIME Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:35:06 +0000
- 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] VER binkd/1.0a-490-get001/OS2 binkp/1.1
+ 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] addr: 2:201/505@fidonet
+ 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] addr: 2:201/209@fidonet
+ 28 Jun 11:38:11 [21499] addr: 2:20/10@fidonet
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 2:20/822@fidonet
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 9:462/115@VirNet (n/a or busy)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 9:462/0@VirNet (n/a or busy)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 9:46/0@VirNet (n/a or busy)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 20:8000/212@FIDI (n/a or busy)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 81:446/801@OS2Net (n/a or busy)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 110:301/13@LinuxNet (n/a or busy)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 111:7046/1@STN (n/a or busy)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] addr: 115:4608/1@PascalNet (n/a or busy)
- 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] OPT NDA EXTCMD CRYPT
- 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] TRF 60 0
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] pwd protected session (MD5)
+ 28 Jun 11:38:12 [21499] done (from 2:201/505@fidonet, OK,
  S/R: 0/0 (0/0 bytes))

His last footprint on my system ... What a special way to leave
Fidonet ...

As far as I know there are no next of kin where one can send
condoleance-messages to, but he's got nothing but friends in Sweden.
People wishing to write something can address it to the
Fidonews-editor who will make arrangements for messages to reach the
appropriate people.

Göran, you will be missed...

 Ward Dossche


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            Two voices from ENET.SYSOP

Sorry to hear that, as I'm sorry to hear about any longtime fido
friend who leaves the fold for such a reason. But I'm well aware of
what can lie behind the words "long sickness", and suspect that Goran
might not have been unhappy to see the suffering end. There are lives,
and there are existences: leading the latter is no fun anyway you look
at it.

Robert Bashe <2:2448/44>

   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

Please pass on condolences ...

Russell Tiedt <5:7105/1>


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                On the passing of friends
            By Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)

Goran Eriksson is no more. Once more one of our dwindling numbers has
left the FidoNet community feet first. To me it looks like he has been
among us forever. Well fourteen years at least because 1992 is when I
first met him in ENET.SYSOP.

Goran was an FTSC member from at least 1997 until early 2006 when he
indicated he could not accept a new term for health reasons.

We lose a former RC, a respected former FTSC member, but most of all,
we lose a nice fellow.

With him we also probably lose the most northern sysop in Fidonet.
Lulea, 65.5 degrees north.


Here is to you Goran, you have earned your place in Walhalla!



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